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When I was using my phone today, I noticed that a long press on the power button was shutting down the phone instead of bringing up the menu. Then, I realized that I had also lost my lock screen, which I really hadn't noticed because I don't use the pattern lock. Turns out, even if I enabled the pattern lock, password, or PIN, using the power button still took the phone straight into the home screen.
I don't know if it was an bug in a random app, malware, or what... I spent a lot of time searching for an answer on what might have caused it, but didn't find anything really helpful. I started deleting all my recent apps, but couldn't get the lock screen back, so I ended up restoring the phone to factory settings and starting from scratch.
The only reason I'm posting about it is that I'm not entirely sure what caused it... I'm debating the possibility that it could it could be a touchwiz bug. Anyone else ever run into this?
KLR Rico said:
When I was using my phone today, I noticed that a long press on the power button was shutting down the phone instead of bringing up the menu. Then, I realized that I had also lost my lock screen, which I really hadn't noticed because I don't use the pattern lock. Turns out, even if I enabled the pattern lock, password, or PIN, using the power button still took the phone straight into the home screen.
I don't know if it was an bug in a random app, malware, or what... I spent a lot of time searching for an answer on what might have caused it, but didn't find anything really helpful. I started deleting all my recent apps, but couldn't get the lock screen back, so I ended up restoring the phone to factory settings and starting from scratch.
The only reason I'm posting about it is that I'm not entirely sure what caused it... I'm debating the possibility that it could it could be a touchwiz bug. Anyone else ever run into this?
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Yes, its a known bug. I just ran into the bug today and I refuse to do a factory reset to fix the issue since its just gonna happen again. Samsung should be able to fix it with a simple software update.
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OuncE718 said:
Yes, its a known bug. I just ran into the bug today and I refuse to do a factory reset to fix the issue since its just gonna happen again. Samsung should be able to fix it with a simple software update.
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Does a reboot fix it?
kenvan19 said:
Does a reboot fix it?
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No, so far the only way known to temporarily fix the issue is to do a master reset.
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OuncE718 said:
No, so far the only way known to temporarily fix the issue is to do a master reset.
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Heh, thats a rather unhappy solution...
OuncE718 said:
Yes, its a known bug. I just ran into the bug today and I refuse to do a factory reset to fix the issue since its just gonna happen again. Samsung should be able to fix it with a simple software update.
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Ah, that would explain it... I was tearing out my hair trying to figure out what I had done. Funny thing is, I don't even *like* having a lock screen. I was just bothered by the fact something was wrong...
How did you find out that it's a known bug? I must have been phrasing my search poorly, because I couldn't find squat about the issue.
Still, whether I like the screen lock or not, I think this is a pretty decent security bug, considering it removes the ability to lock the phone...
KLR Rico said:
Ah, that would explain it... I was tearing out my hair trying to figure out what I had done. Funny thing is, I don't even *like* having a lock screen. I was just bothered by the fact something was wrong...
How did you find out that it's a known bug? I must have been phrasing my search poorly, because I couldn't find squat about the issue.
Still, whether I like the screen lock or not, I think this is a pretty decent security bug, considering it removes the ability to lock the phone...
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I know because I seen it under "list of known issues". If you scroll down a few post you'll find it. The downside to not having a lockscreen is that if you receive a text message your phone will automatically unlock and you may accidentally dial someone if the phone is in your pocket.
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kenvan19 said:
Heh, thats a rather unhappy solution...
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Yeah, unfortunately. I take it you went with GS2 instead or you're still debating?
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FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH THE LOCKSCREEN ISSUE I ADVISE USING A 3RD PARTY LOCKSCREEN. I AM CURRENTLY USING "AGILE LOCKSCREEN" (WHICH CAN BE FOUND IN THE ANDROID MARKET). I AM USING THE PRO VERSION, BUT THE FREE ONE WILL DO THE JOB ALSO.
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Mine's gone too.... Now that we have root I've a nandroid backup which I believe still had the lockscreen and will try restoring from that. If that doesn't work then I guess I'll do a master reset and restore from Titanium Backup. Hopefully Clockwork Recovery will survive the master reset...
I thought that was just me yesterday so I did a master reset
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FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH THE LOCKSCREEN ISSUE I ADVISE USING A 3RD PARTY LOCKSCREEN. I AM CURRENTLY USING "AGILE LOCKSCREEN" (WHICH CAN BE FOUND IN THE ANDROID MARKET). I AM USING THE PRO VERSION, BUT THE FREE ONE WILL DO THE JOB ALSO.
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I was thinking the complete opposite. I installed ripple lock and that's when i started having the problem. Uninstalling didn't help. As soon as i uninstalled and a factory reset, haven't had any issues since.
Maybe just coincidence
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I just reset stock lockscreen clear cache and voilla lockscreen back
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Babyj303 said:
I just reset stock lockscreen clear cache and voilla lockscreen back
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For real??? I rather go back with stock vs 3rd party. Thanks for sharing. I will do that right now.
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smellmyfingers said:
I was thinking the complete opposite. I installed ripple lock and that's when i started having the problem. Uninstalling didn't help. As soon as i uninstalled and a factory reset, haven't had any issues since.
Maybe just coincidence
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No, its definitely a software bug. I don't advise doing a master reset because the issue will continue to happen.
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For people having issues of making calls/etc. when the screen unlocks:
Just put the phone in your pocket with the screen facing AWAY from your body.
I had this happen immediately after using the *#0*# test screen, I'm blaming that
Babyj303 said:
I just reset stock lockscreen clear cache and voilla lockscreen back
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this sounds like a bug
it shouldn't need that, as in the lock screen shouldn't even dissapear
i'll suggest everyone experiencing this bug to report it directly to samsung, so they can fix it
usernotfound said:
I had this happen immediately after using the *#0*# test screen, I'm blaming that
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Hmmm... I was playing with that too!
Hmmm... +2 for the system test screen prior to listing the look screen...
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Couldn't find anything in the Nexus forum about this.
Since this afternoon i'm getting a red flashing rectangle around the border of the screen when opening or closing apps. Doesnt mather wich app or in what rotate state. It's very irregular to get a pattern or pin down a problem. I have checked al settings to see if there is anything i might have set up by accident....
Also rebooting etc. doesn't help.
Please help anybody !!
Sounds like one of the developer options; show screen updates or show all anr's perhaps
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jstegeman said:
Sounds like one of the developer options; show screen updates or show all anr's perhaps
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Nope, i have looked at the developer settings, all options unchecked, nothing set there. (except the usb debug standard option, and no, turning that off doesn't help either)
Possibly hardware problem?
Got the phone about 4 days now and haven't had any problems. So far this is a great phone . I haven't had any problems with hardware
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This is a setting in engineering builds of ICS. If you have the first version of eagles blood running, it does this. It is a simple change to the build.prop to fix it, though I am not sure what the fix is exactly
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joshnichols189 said:
This is a setting in engineering builds of ICS. If you have the first version of eagles blood running, it does this. It is a simple change to the build.prop to fix it, though I am not sure what the fix is exactly
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Is such a fix possible on original non rooted stock rom ?
And then to have the actual fix would be nice.
Mine was doing this until I flashed 4.02. Only randomly started when I was on 4.01.
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Hmm ok. So I gotta wait until the next update then.
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Try checking then unchecking the developer settings mentioned. I'm not covinced it will change anything, but it won't do any harm to try...
i think this is what "strict mode" in the developer settings does, try checking then unckecking that one...
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i think this is what "strict mode" in the developer settings does, try checking then unckecking that one...
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Tried every setting by checking/unchecking it, no help whatsoever.
avesik said:
Try checking then unchecking the developer settings mentioned. I'm not covinced it will change anything, but it won't do any harm to try...
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Tried every setting by checking/unchecking it, no help whatsoever.
Rahzer77 said:
Tried every setting by checking/unchecking it, no help whatsoever.
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Had the same problem, and thought it wasn't strict mode until I rebooted! Try unchecking strict mode, then reboot...should fix it...
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i think this is what "strict mode" in the developer settings does, try checking then unckecking that one...
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I have the same problem . I've had my 2.0 Galaxy for over a year (great phone) but the other day it asked if i wanted to update? I said yes and pow! now i have this flashing red border. I unchecked the strict mode in the developers settings it did not help. I'm not sure which options in the developers settings i should check. I'm lost help
As title states...GPS is not working. On Google Nav app, it just stays on "searching for gps". I have the GPS turned on and have cleared cache and data from the maps app. I restored to a previous nandroid backup where it was working. What in the hell would cause this, and is there a simple fix I'm missing?
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Do you see any satellites or get any locks using something like "gps test"?
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Do you see any satellites or get any locks using something like "gps test"?
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Nope...just tried that. I honestly have no idea what happened.
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Pretty sure it's broken...I've done everything I know how to do.
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Anybody else have any ideas? This absolutely sucks...I REALLY don't want to take this back to att.
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On a stock rom? In a basement trying to get gps to lock on?
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powerwagon said:
As title states...GPS is not working. On Google Nav app, it just stays on "searching for gps". I have the GPS turned on and have cleared cache and data from the maps app. I restored to a previous nandroid backup where it was working. What in the hell would cause this, and is there a simple fix I'm missing?
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Had the same problem as you. It just wouldn't lock into any Satellite. After some research, found an app called GpsFix in Google Play. Fixed it and now works great. Remember to also have the wifi antenna on, even if you're not connected to any hotspot. Don't know how it works, but makes the GPS more precise.
Is anyone else having this problem? My phone is also unable to lock on any satellite... I'm not sure if it's related to the fact that I've rooted it.
Ansia said:
Had the same problem as you. It just wouldn't lock into any Satellite. After some research, found an app called GpsFix in Google Play. Fixed it and now works great. Remember to also have the wifi antenna on, even if you're not connected to any hotspot. Don't know how it works, but makes the GPS more precise.
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Get an app called gps test and then hit your menu hard key and hit clear agps and then hit update, then let the app connect to satellites and then back out and try maps hopefully rofit:
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lcorreia said:
Is anyone else having this problem? My phone is also unable to lock on any satellite... I'm not sure if it's related to the fact that I've rooted it.
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I'm also rooted. and it's working flawlessly. I'm on stock Rom though.
I ended up flashing an old nandroid backup where it finally worked, then dirty flashed the latest of that ROM over it and that did the trick. I have NO CLUE what happened, but I did get it fixed.
I started getting mad for a while, then realized that is part of what I really enjoy doing with my phone...tinkering to the point of breaking it, then fix and make it all nice and new again...lol
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Does anyone experience this problem? I just found out that my gs4 gps is terrible that it couldn't lock in my current location, thus, preventing me from using google map to navigate. My gs4 is complete stock and unrooted. Anyone who experienced the same problem, please share your fix if you have any. Thanks
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dukeoflove said:
Does anyone experience this problem? I just found out that my gs4 gps is terrible that it couldn't lock in my current location, thus, preventing me from using google map to navigate. My gs4 is complete stock and unrooted. Anyone who experienced the same problem, please share your fix if you have any. Thanks
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My GPS worked great... for a few months. Then one day I tried to do some navigating and realized it wasn't working anymore. I wiped my data, flashed different ROMs, reverted back to stock, tried multiple GPS fixes, etc, etc. I spoke to a Samsung rep (because I don't have T-Mobile service or I would have gone through them) and told them the things I did; aside from the warranty-voiding stuff, that is. They concluded that it was more than likely a hardware fault and to send it in for repair/replacement. Barring any water damage, the fix would be covered by the warranty. I haven't had a chance to send it in yet, but there's that option.
lordcheeto03 said:
My GPS worked great... for a few months. Then one day I tried to do some navigating and realized it wasn't working anymore. I wiped my data, flashed different ROMs, reverted back to stock, tried multiple GPS fixes, etc, etc. I spoke to a Samsung rep (because I don't have T-Mobile service or I would have gone through them) and told them the things I did; aside from the warranty-voiding stuff, that is. They concluded that it was more than likely a hardware fault and to send it in for repair/replacement. Barring any water damage, the fix would be covered by the warranty. I haven't had a chance to send it in yet, but there's that option.
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Thanks for sharing your experience, my gps worked great before too, but only yesterday it stopped working no matter what I tried. Guess I'll have to call tmobile regarding this problem then
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GPS fix
dukeoflove said:
Does anyone experience this problem? I just found out that my gs4 gps is terrible that it couldn't lock in my current location, thus, preventing me from using google map to navigate. My gs4 is complete stock and unrooted. Anyone who experienced the same problem, please share your fix if you have any. Thanks
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Try this before I have done this a few times and it works great!
go to the samsung service mode *#197328640#
then go to mainmenu>UMTS>Common>NV REBUILD>NV REBUILD>finish and dont exit menu
wait 30 sec
long press power button and select restart..
thats all
now check your GPS from gps software.
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Mr_Jay_jay said:
Try this before I have done this a few times and it works great!
go to the samsung service mode *#197328640#
then go to mainmenu>UMTS>Common>NV REBUILD>NV REBUILD>finish and dont exit menu
wait 30 sec
long press power button and select restart..
thats all
now check your GPS from gps software.
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I might be doing this wrong, but using that particular code doesn't allow me to enter the Main Menu or UMTS options. I can use the code to enter service mode in the Sim-unlock thread, but even once I can get into UMTS>Common>NV REBUILD, there isn't an option for NV REBUILD. Only load default, erase EFS, backup, and restore... I played around in there when I was sim-unlocking my phone when I first got it and was appalled when I found out what exactly the EFS was... I'm basically lucky I didn't screw it up; so you can see my current unease of just selecting some random option from that menu.
Mr_Jay_jay said:
Try this before I have done this a few times and it works great!
go to the samsung service mode *#197328640#
then go to mainmenu>UMTS>Common>NV REBUILD>NV REBUILD>finish and dont exit menu
wait 30 sec
long press power button and select restart..
thats all
now check your GPS from gps software.
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I'm not sure if this method only works for gs3, because I can't seem to locate the main menu and umts options from dialing the code provided.
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dukeoflove said:
I'm not sure if this method only works for gs3, because I can't seem to locate the main menu and umts options from dialing the code provided.
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yea u rite... Sorry.. I thought it would work on the s4.. I did use it a few times on my wife's s3...
sorry again!
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yea u rite... Sorry.. I thought it would work on the s4.. I did use it a few times on my wife's s3...
sorry again!
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No problem, thanks anyway
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Do you have Google maps, earth, nav installed etc?
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Android_Monsters said:
Do you have Google maps, earth, nav installed etc?
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I have google map
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get gps status from market.. clear GPS data and redownload
... leave outside for 20 minutes and see if it gets a lock.
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This mobile data limit exceeded thing won't get off my phone. I have all my alerts off and everything.
Chadly said:
This mobile data limit exceeded thing won't get off my phone. I have all my alerts off and everything.
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Under "reset data usage" will setting it to today's date clear it out for you?
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brholt6 said:
Under "reset data usage" will setting it to today's date clear it out for you?
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Nope this is lame..
I remember it reset like right after my cycle ended and I paid my bill but it came back a couple weeks later.
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Go to settings - apps - all tab , and select data usage. Force stop, and clear cache and data. Reboot and see if that fixes it.
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Go to settings - apps - all tab , and select data usage. Force stop, and clear cache and data. Reboot and see if that fixes it.
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Nope, didn't work. I remembered to reboot too. Any other ideas?
Chadly said:
Nope, didn't work. I remembered to reboot too. Any other ideas?
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Have you tried checking the limit mobile data and alert me about boxes, and then use the slider on the graph to set the limits to something unreachable?
What rom are you on? Stock or Custom and if custom which one? I notice your dock bar and app folders are different but that doesn't tell me much.
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Have you tried checking the limit mobile data and alert me about boxes, and then use the slider on the graph to set the limits to something unreachable?
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Yup and that doesn't do anything either. The only time it went away was when my monthly cycle ended then it went away but then came back. I read online about quiet a few other people having this issue on 4.3
spokanite said:
What rom are you on? Stock or Custom and if custom which one? I notice your dock bar and app folders are different but that doesn't tell me much.
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Not rooted or anything like that. Stock running Nova launcher prime.
Chadly said:
Not rooted or anything like that. Stock running Nova launcher prime.
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I would back up sd card. Then do a factory reset. Something is buggy. You could also just wait for kit Kat and see if it fixes it. Should be this week hopefully for the update.